Schuylkill County’s Salary Board recently approved raises for several employees.

In the Recorder of Deeds office, First Deputy Gerard Klema will now earn $43,818; in the Treasurer’s Office, First Deputy Nea Griffin will earn $49,317; in the Clerk of Courts Office, Heather Stettler was promoted to second deputy/office manager from second deputy, and will earn $26.96 an hour.

The separate office manager position was eliminated as Stettler took on the added duties.

In the Tax Assessment Office, Chief Assessor Christine Zimmerman will now earn $67,613.

All of the raises were effective as of Sept. 14.

Other matters

At a Sept. 9 county commissioners meeting, commissioners approved a $3,500 change order to a contract with M&J Excavation, Luzerne County, for a stormwater management project in McAdoo. The increase will raise the contract cost to $130,820. The increase was needed for additional depth restoration and paving.

Also at that meeting, one of four evening meetings held during the year, county Finance Director Glenn Geissinger said that a $714,230 budget appropriation for the county’s 911 Communications department was the first half of a $1,428,460 grant to modernize its equipment.

The grant is part of a $5 million Local Share Account disbursement to the county through the state Department of Community and Economic Development.